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2008 NHL Draft

Jori Lehtera in the 2008 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Jori Lehtera 65th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 3.

He was the first of the 7 Finns selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 307 games put him 43rd in the class.

Overall pick
65
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 4
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 62–68 in the 2008 draft

  1. 62Justin DanielsCSJS
  2. 63Robert CzarnikFLAK
  3. 64Danick PaquetteRATL
  4. 65Jori LehteraC307 GP · 111 PSTL
  5. 66David ToewsCNYI
  6. 67Marc-Andre BourdonD45 GP · 7 PPHI
  7. 68Shawn LalondeD1 GP · 0 PCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

1st
of 7 Finns selected
34th
of 110 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Finns selected

  1. 65Jori LehteraC307 GP · 111 PSTL
  2. 72Jyri NiemiDNYI
  3. 106Harri SateriG15 GP · 6 WSJS
  4. 145Eero EloLMIN
  5. 163Teemu HartikainenC52 GP · 13 PEDM
  6. 182Matias SointuRTBL
  7. 201Jani LajunenCNSH
Every pick from Finland in the 2008 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jori Lehtera made his NHL debut on October 9, 2014, 6 years and 110 days after the draft.

307
Games
34
Goals
77
Assists
111
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 4Alex PietrangeloD1087 GP · 637 PSTL
  2. 33Philip McRaeC15 GP · 3 PSTL
  3. 34Jake AllenG505 GP · 230 WSTL
  4. 65Jori LehteraC307 GP · 111 PSTL
  5. 70James LivingstonRSTL
  6. 87Ian SchultzRSTL
  7. 95David WarsofskyD55 GP · 11 PSTL
  8. 125Kristoffer BerglundDSTL
  9. 155Anthony NigroCSTL
  10. 185Paul KarpowichGSTL